CAMDEN AREA COMMUNITY CONCERNS COUNCIL:

Inspired by other attempts at neighborhood activism and frustrated with a perceived lack of social services in the community, the Camden Area Community Concerns Council (CACCC) was formed in 1975 to work with citizens as well as city, school, and library officials to assess community needs and recommend plans and projects for community improvement. The goals of the organization were to further community development, educate residents on civic matters, engage in job development for underemployed and unemployed youths, improve the economic condition of senior citizens, and to generally improve the welfare of the Camden Community. The group sponsored and supported such projects as the establishment of a community center, neighborhood beautification efforts, creating a volunteer network to provide support services to senior citizens, and the reform of harmful real estate sales practices.

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Minutes, agendas and other meeting materials, bylaws, a scrapbook, photographs, reports, data, project files, and other records of an organization founded in 1975 to promote positive activities in the Camden Community and to address community concerns. The records include files documenting several of the organization's major issues and projects, such as housing and real estate sales practices; outreach and assistance to senior citizens in the neighborhood; and cooperation with local churches.

Also in the collection are files from other organizations in which CACCC participated or to which it sent delegates, including the Camden Planning District Citizens Advisory Council, which was founded in 1975 as one of ten advisory committees to involve the community in the Community Development Block Grant Program; and the Joint Ministry Project, a city-wide organization of Minneapolis churches and community organizations working to win improvements on issues of concern to its member institutions such as housing, crime, and education.

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These documents are organized into the following sections:

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Camden Area Community Concerns Council Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,663

Processing Information:

Processed by: Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov, April 2002

Catalog ID number: 990017374670104294

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Camden Community News is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society newspaper collection.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

City planning -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Citizens' associations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Housing policy -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Aged -- Services for -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Urban renewal -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Citizen participation.

Community development, Urban -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Land use, Urban -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Organizations:

Camden Planning District Citizens Advisory Council (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Community Development Block Grant Program (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Joint Ministry Project (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Places:

Camden Community (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Social conditions -- 1981-.

Camden Community (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Social conditions -- 1945-1980.

Document Types:

Photographs.

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